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florianna

Native language:: English

Total orders:: 3659

Nationality:: United Kingdom

Residence:: United Kingdom

Skills

Exam Preparation
Business English
American English
British English

Certifications: B.A Honours in English Literature from Cambridge University. Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Experience of teaching English language and literature and TEFL to school pupils and adults in groups and most particularly one-to-one. Interest in and experience of creative writing in English. I speak Spanish and French and have an keen interest in language learning and improvement. Through my daughter's learning of violin, initially by the Suzuki method,I have a great respect for and interest in learning by the mother tongue method. I see the way IDIY works as being very similar to this method in many respects and recognise the value of learning and teaching that involves native speakers. I have particular interests and experience in the arts, education, psychology, medicine, and have worked in both corporate and internal communications in business.
Announcements: I am happy to work for IDIY and to be reading and correcting the work of Japanese speaking customers. I've worked for IDIY for 12 years and find it very interesting and rewarding. My style of correction is to pay close attention to the language in your writing in terms of grammar, vocabulary, style and content. I see each customer as having different needs in your learning journey and I take care to respond to you and your writing as the developing work of an individual. In my comments and personal message you will find that I tend to discuss in some depth with you the content of your writing and you can learn from this personalised discussion as well as from specific corrections and suggestions for alternative wording where appropriate. I do my best to encourage you in your writing with constructive help along with a rigorous and disciplined approach. Your questions, additional notes and feedback are always welcome and can be an important part of the communication between you as the customer and me as the instructor. I am happy to receive requests and develop a rapport so that you have continuity in your learning and to help you with Basic and/or Advanced corrections as well as with proof-reading. I look forward to reading your writing and to writing back to you and I hope that you enjoy IDIY as much as I do!
Hobbies/Travel: I enjoy language and languages and words fascinate me. I like both reading and writing and currently attend a creative writing class. I'm a keen musician and enjoy playing the piano. I also play the violin and look forward to playing more than I have done recently. There are so many things to enjoy in Edinburgh where I live. I'm happy in the city enjoying the culture and also very much enjoy being in nature and exploring places when I have time. My now 22-year-old daughter keeps me busy and though she is very independent in some ways she is still young and growing up in a complex and busy world. I'm especially interested in the arts and feel lucky to live in a city where we have easy access to rich cultural experiences including the Edinburgh Festival. I've spent time in France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hong Kong, Norway, Canada, America, and most recently, in Poland. I enjoyed all of them and plan to keep travelling when I have the opportunity.
Message from the instructor: I very much enjoy working for IDIY and look forward to reading and helping you with your writing. I am here to help you be able to write fluently, naturally and correctly, and, perhaps above all, to communicate effectively in English what you want to say. Writing is a complex process even in one's own language. When you are writing in another language there are even more layers of complexity and it can be challenging. It can also be a lot of fun and very rewarding. As a native speaker of English I aim to share with you what is natural to me and to help and encourage you through specific corrections and adjustments and also through response to and discussion of what you are writing about in any piece you send to me through IDIY. I discuss particular aspects of your writing in detail if you ask for an Advanced correction and will give you a corrected version of your text if you ask for a Basic correction. In both cases I aim to have a sort of conversation with you across the internet and to connect with you through language so that you can absorb natural English and further develop your language skills. I aim to tune in to what your needs are and encourage you on your learning journey.

Tomoofk

Yes, I enjoyed working on this picture. Thank you for your feedback and precise comments regarding “Kid”. It gave me a clear idea how I can use the word better in this situation. Tomoo

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lobelia48162

Thank you very much for your corrections and advice! I really appreciate it.

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mashroom

Hello, thank you for your advice!

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gorichan

Hello, florianna. It's nice to see you again here. Thank you for the extra comment, and the apology is not needed. I don't mind at all. The situation in the UK surprised me a lot. I feel sorry to hear that the pandemic caused an uneasy circumstances on your mother and daughter. I hope you will have a wonderful holiday with your loving daughter. My daughter and her husband planed to come home in the end of this year, but, we are still not sure if they will make it. We haven't seen each other for two years, so I miss them so much. My mother is 92 years old, and lives in an elderly care home at remote town. Because of the restriction of the elderly home, we have hardly seen each other since the pandemic occurred. Fortunately I met her a month ago, and we were so happy. I always think how long and how many times I can share time with her considering her age. It is a very sad situation. I hope you and your family will be away from Covid-19, and so will be my family members. Yoko ps. I am always happy to have you as my English writing teacher.

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wakaran

Thank you for correcting my essay, and you do not have to say sorry because I did not even notice that there was any delay. You gave me very detailed explanations, which helped me completely understand why I had to amend the sentences!

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Uzuho

Thank you very much for your message! I don’t know much about pool walking, but I think perhaps that enabled me stay my weight flat, even though I had plenty dishes during the trip.

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wakaran

Thank you for correcting my essay. Your explanations were so detailed that I easily understood them. I am sorry for my late reply. Unfortunately, I had a cold and could not get out of bed last week. The good thing was that I slept for a long time.

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orchid41637

Thank you for checking my writing It helped me a lot

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torug3

Thanks always! Your comments make me happy at any time. Yes, enjoying music means feeding souls. It's nourishing and delicious. I hope you are also fine with this great resource of energy. Enjoy your day and see you soon!

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gorichan

Hello, Florianna. How are you doing? Thank you for the corrections you made on my essay. I found an interesting point in the 1st sentence that you wrote. "athleticism" and "deftness" is both uncountable noun, so when they come together, they are still uncountable. therefore you wrote "is required"; you didn't write "are required" I was puzzled for a while, but eventually understood. In the 3rd sentence, you wrote "go on to live a life with new challenges". I understand what you meant to say. He doesn't have two lives, meaning that his life continues just going to a next stage. In the 4th sentence, "a more ordinary life" is, I think, a better choice than "a usual life". because, When Ayumu was an athlete, he still had an usual life as a man, and which might have been a bit of less ordinary life than a life that people have, though. ( Sorry, it's hard to tell you) In the 5th sentence, "Ayumu Goromaru who has achieved things more ordinary people can't, tend, after retiring from their sport, to be able to survive in other spheres." I don't understand this sentence, especially, why you used "more" and "their" in it. You meant to say that Ayumu is a less ordinary person? Or, Maybe just my sentence doesn't make sense to you, ( sorry, I'm trying.... but...I'm confused here again) but I like the word"spheres" on the last part, it's very interesting to me. "exalted" "with its rigours" are new expressions for me. I would like to use them sometimes. Hoping to see you soon. Yoko

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macharei

Thank you so much for your corrections and suggestions. I've learned a lot and found it hard to write passive and active voice adequately. I hope I will gradually learn writing. Thank you!

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ana0324masa

Thank you so much.

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io9900

Thank you, florianna. It is nice to see you again. The Olympics was a total disaster. It should be abolished once and for all.

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Hide_Pupusa

Thanks for your correcting! Your message made me motivated, and many options you gave me was helpful. Best regards;)

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torug3

Thanks for your kind message. It always encourages me. Now I am choosing a piece that I will play on the next round, and this activity is quite fun! Preparing a performance is also an important process for me to enjoy music much more! The final stage will be held in Tokyo next at the end of November. Hope you have a happy music life as well. See you soon. Toru

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